Royal Motor Car Company was a Brass Era

Brass Era car

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 manufacturer of automobile

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s in Cleveland, Ohio

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, in business from 1904 to 1911. It was the result of a reorganization of the Hoffman Company

Hoffman (Cleveland automobile)

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History

The 1904 Royal 16-H.P. Tourist was a touring car

Touring car

A touring car, or tourer, is an open car seating five or more. Touring cars may have two or four doors. Often, the belt line is lowered in the front doors to give the car a more sportive character. They were often fitted with a folding roof and side curtains. Engines on early models were either in...

 model. Equipped with a tonneau

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, it could seat five passengers and sold for US$ 2300. The vertically mounted water-cooled straight-2, situated at the front of the car, produced 16 hp (11.9 kW). A three-speed sliding transmission was fitted. The pressed steel-framed car weighed 1700 lb (771 kg). A modern cellular radiator was used, and the car rivaled the offerings of cross-town rival, Peerless

Peerless

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In November 1907 the Royal Motor Company went into receivership

Receivership

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. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0CE3D8103EE033A25750C1A9679D946697D6CF On December 2, 1908, a court judge authorized the sale of the company's assets to a new corporation named the Royal Tourist Car Company headed by Boston

Boston

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ian, George J. Dunham. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9903E4DB1731E233A25750C0A9649D946997D6CF

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